Walgreens, J.C. Penney End Relationship With Paula Deen

Walgreens and J.C. Penney are the latest to get out of the Paula Deen business in the wake of her racism scandal,

Walgreens said it was phasing out Deen’s products. J.C. Penney, which gave no formal statement, confirmed to NBC News Friday that it would no longer carry Deen-branded merchandise.

This follows the exit of Sears Holdings, which announced Friday morning that it would “phase out all products tied to the [Paula Deen] brand. Our members’ needs will be given first priority as we work to continue to provide quality cookware in our stores and online.”

The Food Network, Smithfield Foods, Caesars Entertainment, Novo Nordisk, Wal-Mart, Target and Home Depot, all of which comprised the majority of her empire, also terminated their partnerships with Deen, who appeared in her first live interview on “Today” Wednesday to discuss the scandal over her use of racial slurs.

“We are ending our relationship with Paula Deen Enterprises and we will not place new orders beyond those already committed,” Wal-Mart spokesperson Danit Marquardt said on Wednesday. “We will work with suppliers to address existing inventories and agreements.”

You know, another way of looking at this hypocritical and insensitive sanctioning of Paula Deen, is as an insult to the intelligence of black people.

It’s like Walmart and all those other companies saying, “We don’t want Jesse and Al calling us out for supporting a racist.” Turns out that Jesse and Al were two of the voice of reason behind all this madness. It’s like we black people are too stupid to know that all those other white executives are also calling us these names behind closed doors. And like we as blacks are so unbalanced in our thinking to see the consequence for working class people as a result of this irresponsible behavior, when we are the ones that are going to be most affected. It’s obvious Walmart and ‘em don’t care about how many black (and white) people are already out of a job, and just how long it takes to find one, especially if you are black. Don’t get it twisted. They are not doing this because of any abhorrence to racism.

I see all these mofos on TV like Bob Herbert and Michael Eric Dyson who are stoking the fire. The same mofos like Obama who most nowadays blacks revere, while at the same time trashing the likes of Al and Jesse. At the end of day, who do you think is really down for black people? The Herbert/Dyson or Al/Jesse camp? All these intellectual mofos were born with a gold spoon in their mouths. With all their intellectual mumbo jumbo, it’s obvious that they can’t even relate to the average black man. At least not in the same manner that Al and Jesse can.

I’m not saying this cracka ho shouldn’t suffer some consequences, but damn. How many innocent black (and white) people are going to have to pay the ultimate price. Y’all think Paula going to be homeless after all this? Trust me. She has enough money to get into ventures to continue enjoying a luxurious lifestyle. Can’t say the same for all the black (and white) folks who may end up being homeless after all the dust is settled.

You may have a job right now, but I bet when you are broke and homeless, you won’t think twice about taking a job from a white person who admitted to using the N word, and apologized. Mind you, not some raving white supremacist racist hell bent and screwing black people.

Umm…..NOPE! The ONLY way to look at this?, is the saaaaaaame way they’ve looked at Sean Bell OJ, Oscar Grant, Marrisa Miller,Devon Jackson, Malice Green. Trayvon Martin, LaTocha Harlins, Tiesha Miller, Malice Green, Mubia Jamal, Jordan Davis, Rodney King, Chris Donner, Sherese Iverson, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama!!!!!!! (& more!!) “ALL” of these “Black” people have been wronged or KILLED by a system that either encourages racism?, or turns it’s back on acknowledging itt’s existence & being the “elephant in the room” of ALL these cases/incidents. I ask…..what other race can present such a consistent display of violating “their” civil rights, while paying “for it” with their OWN tax paying dollars!!?? SMGDH! And again I state…these “FEW” accounts I’ve listed, are a great foundation for a “class action” law suit, against the system, to prevent future obviously racially motivated BS, against” Black” people!! (but back to the subject at hand?) So understand…what is happening to P. Deen is “just”, loooong overdue & most importantly?… “The American Way”! So….HTF you P. Deen supporters feel about “patriotism”…..now, yah…..”true Americans”!!??? FOH/All Day!!

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